2003/630/EC: Commission Decision of 29 August 2003 laying down the transitional measures to be applied by Hungary with regard to veterinary checks on products of animal origin from Romania (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 3074)
Date: 2003-08-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Hungary, Romania, animal product, border control, originating product, veterinary inspection

30.8.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 218/55

COMMISSION DECISION

of 29 August 2003

laying down the transitional measures to be applied by Hungary with regard to veterinary checks
on products of animal origin from Romania

(notified under document number C(2003) 3074)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2003/630/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December
1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation of
veterinary checks on products entering the Community from
third countries (1), as amended by Annex II(6)(B)(1)(53)(b) to
the Act of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus,
Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia
and
Slovakia, and in particular Article 21 thereof,

Having regard to the Act concerning the conditions of acces-
sion of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania,
Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European
Union, and to the adjustments to the Treaties on which the
European Union is founded, and in particular Article 42
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Hungary has been granted a transitional period of three
years for certain aspects of the veterinary checks regime
concerning the standards for the facilities required at the
border with Romania, for the checks on products of
animal origin.

This provision is limited only to the requirements for
facilities, and all other aspects of the veterinary checks
procedures
should be carried out according to EU
requirements.

Provisions should therefore be made to identify the
border inspection post where products of animal origin
coming from Romania could be checked at the border
with Hungary, and to provide appropriate derogation to
the requirements applicable to the inspection facilities
for products of animal origin at this border inspection
post.

The derogation to the separation rule applicable to low
inspection posts provided for in
throughput border
Article 4(5) of Commission Decision 2001/812/EC (2)
should apply irrespective of the maximum number of
consignments set by this derogation.

(5)

The measures provided for in this Decision are in accor-
dance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on
the Food Chain and Animal Health,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Products of animal origin coming by road transport
from
Romania must enter the territory of Hungary through the
border inspection post listed in the Annex.

Article 2

Article 4(5) of Decision 2001/812/EC shall apply to the border
inspection post
limit on the
number of consignments passing through that border inspec-
tion post.

listed in the Annex, without

Article 3

This Decision shall take effect subject to and on the date of
entry into force of the Act of Accession.

Article 4

This Decision is applicable until 30 April 2007.

Article 5

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 29 August 2003.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 9.
(2) OJ L 306, 23.11.2001, p. 28.

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Border inspection posts on the Hungarian-Romanian border

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